ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,546, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Test load board" was invented by Pastor Jose Yllana Jr. (Baguio City, Philippines) and Dale Ohmart (Richmond, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test load board includes a PCB (printed circuit board) with pads for a probe of a tester. The test load board also includes a contactor that includes contact points for connecting leads of a DUT (device under test). The test load board further includes an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag affixed to the PCB. The RFID tag is loaded with a unique identifier (ID) of the test load board."
The patent was filed ...